OVERVIEW This chapter highlights an assortment of vulnerabilities in water and sanitation infrastructure and the various means used to assess their potential consequences on scales ranging from local to global. The first paper, by workshop speaker Michael Beach and coauthors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric [...]
Work carried out by scientists at The Pirbright Institute has revealed that differences in virulence between strains of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) may be partly down to changes in a viral protein called VP4. Their findings could help us to understand why very virulent (vv) strains cause high mortality rates in some commercial poultry flocks and [...]
Since there is an increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases confirmed in multiple countries around the world, resulting in alarmingly high mortality and morbidity [1], the World Health Organization has declared a global pandemic [2]. To our knowledge, most current research on COVID-19 focuses on the epidemiology, clinical features and treatment, but not [...]
Abstract Background Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) is a common type of chronic inducible urticaria, characterized by small itchy wheals that appear upon physical exercise or passive warming. Malassezia globosa, a skin resident fungus, has been identified as an antigen that induces mast cell/basophil degranulation and wheal formation through specific IgE, in Japanese patients with atopic dermatitis [...]
Abstract Background Over 300 million people carry a diagnosis of asthma with data to suggest they are at higher risk for infection or adverse outcomes from SARS-CoV-2. Asthma is remarkably heterogenous and it is currently unclear how patient intrinsic factors may relate to COVID-19. Objective Identify and characterize subsets of asthmatics at increased risk for [...]
Summary The DELVE masks report1 summarised the available evidence suggesting that universal use of masks by the public in situations where physical distancing was not possible or predictable would decrease onward transmission of SARS-CoV2 from asymptomatic and presymptomatic infected individuals. Since this report was published, the UK government has mandated mask use on public transport and in [...]
Perhaps you’re older, worried that you may become infected and seriously ill. Maybe you’re doing your best to keep your family healthy while trying to balance work with caring for your children while schools are closed. Or you’re feeling isolated, separated from friends and loved ones during this period of social distancing. Regardless of your specific [...]
Not all calories are created equal. Different foods go through different metabolic pathways in your body. They can have vastly different effects on your hunger, hormones and the number of calories you burn. Here are the 20 most weight-loss-friendly foods on earth that are supported by science. If you buy something through a link on this page, we may [...]
Make this Immunity Boosting Recipe to keep yourself healthy and help your body to stay strong and healthy, even when under stress. Anti-inflammatory Recipe. Natural Cold Remedy Tea with Turmeric Ginger Tea. Credit… The post Turmeric Ginger Tea | Immune Boosting Tea | Immunity Boosting Recipe | Natural Cold Remedy appeared first on Healthier [...]
World Health Organization scientists have now admitted there is ‘evidence emerging’ that the coronavirus can be spread through the air. Airborne transmission — especially in crowded, closed, poorly ventilated places — ‘cannot be ruled out’, Covid-19 leads at the WHO said. The UN agency previously said the virus spreads primarily through droplets expelled from the [...]
